D0162: Australian Gallup Poll, April 20, 1951
POLLING ORGANISATION Roy Morgan Research Centre SURVEY METHOD Each weekend, 110 trained interviewers were sent to different but randomly- selected "cluster points" spread in proportion to population over cities and country areas throughout Australia excluding the ACT and the Northern Territory. Interviewers were instructed to commence interviewing at the dwelling adjacent to, and at the right of, the random start and to interview one individual there and, moving in a clockwise fashion around the block, in each adjacent dwelling until a cluster of 10 individuals was interviewed. Interviews were conducted during daylight hours, on Saturdays and Sundays when most people were at home. Each weekend, an Australia-wide cross-section of about 2,200 different adults aged 21 years and over from 110 districts were therefore interviewed. This poll is based on 1,630 interviews conducted in April 1951. BACKGROUND VARIABLES age / sex / economic classification / occupation / religion / location / vote at last Federal election / voting intention / car ownership / telephone subscriber / political complexion / sex of interviewer / interviewer grade / WEIGHTING The responses are unweighted. A weighting variable (WEIGHT) is included in the data file to indicate the interviewer workloads selected for duplication. THEMES - NAMES AND RESPONSES 1. The first question is about daylight saving. Would you favour, or oppose, putting the clock ahead by an hour next summer? Category label Code Count Percent UNDECIDED 0 130 8.0 OPPOSE 11 583 35.8 FAVOR 12 915 56.1 MISSING 13 2 .1 ------- ----- Total responses 1630 100.0 2a. And now a question on moving pictures. About how many times do you go to the pictures each month? Category label Code Count Percent 1 166 10.2 2 157 9.6 3 57 3.5 4 197 12.1 5 12 .7 6 26 1.6 7 3 .2 8 30 1.8 9 7 .4 NEVER 11 290 17.8 RARELY 12 681 41.8 MISSING 13 4 .2 ------- ----- Total responses 1630 100.0 2b. Unless 'NEVER' ask: Speaking generally, do you prefer British or American pictures? Category label Code Count Percent BRITISH 1 584 35.8 AMERICAN 2 422 25.9 NO DIFF 3 208 12.8 NO OPINION 4 86 5.3 NOT ASKED 5 290 17.8 MISSING 6 40 2.5 ------- ----- Total responses 1630 100.0 3. INCOMES & PRICES: Considering both prices and your income, would you say you're better off, or worse off, than you were 6 months ago? Category label Code Count Percent BETTER 5 282 17.3 WORSE 6 941 57.7 NO DIFF 7 375 23.0 NO OPINION 8 31 1.9 MISSING 9 1 .1 ------- ----- Total responses 1630 100.0 4. This is a somewhat different kind of question. When things worry you, what do you usually do to cheer yourself up? Category label Code Count Percent MOVIES,SPORTS 0 150 9.2 WORK HARDER 1 89 5.5 READ BOOK 2 78 4.8 HAVE DRINK 3 127 7.8 HAVE SMOKE 4 36 2.2 WALK,DRIVE,GARDEN,CLEAN CAR 5 258 15.8 INDOOR RECREATION 6 169 10.4 THINK ABOUT IT 7 90 5.5 SEEK ADVICE 8 62 3.8 PRAY 9 46 2.8 NO WORRIES 11 146 9.0 DO NOTHING 12 376 23.1 MISSING 13 3 .2 ------- ----- Total responses 1630 100.0 5a. The next question is to see how accurately we can forecast the Federal election. Judging by how you feel now, which party - Labor, Liberal, Country, Communist or Independent - are you likely to vote for? (If evasive ASK: Well, which side are you leaning toward at present?) Category label Code Count Percent LABOR 5 679 41.7 LIBERAL 6 718 44.0 COUNTRY PARTY 7 114 7.0 OTHER 8 6 .4 UNDECIDED 9 111 6.8 MISSING 10 2 .1 ------- ----- Total responses 1630 100.0 5b. And what about your Senate vote? Category label Code Count Percent COMMUNIST 1 2 .1 OTHER 2 5 .3 UNDECIDED 3 119 7.3 LIBERAL-COUNTRY PARTY 11 825 50.6 LABOR 12 674 41.3 MISSING 13 5 .3 ------- ----- Total responses 1630 100.0 6. MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT: Speaking generally do you think MOST members of parliament are (simply out for themselves) or (doing the best they can for Australia)? (With 5 people transpose the alternatives in parentheses.) Category label Code Count Percent UNDECIDED 0 181 11.1 AUSTRALIA 11 691 42.4 THEMSELVES 12 726 44.5 MISSING 13 32 2.0 ------- ----- Total responses 1630 100.0 7a. AUSTRALIA'S PROBLEMS: After the election, which of these problems (HAND CARD) do you think Federal Parliament should attend to FIRST, no matter which party wins? Reduce Indust unrest Improve Social services Increase production Improve wages, conditions Keep down the cost of living Category label Code Count Percent REDUCE INDUST UNREST 0 390 23.9 IMPROVE SOCIAL SERVICES 1 40 2.5 INCREASE PRODUCTION 2 506 31.0 IMPROVE WAGES, CONDITS 3 61 3.7 KEEP DOWN COST OF LIVING 4 622 38.2 MISSING 5 11 .7 ------- ----- Total responses 1630 100.0 7b. And which second? Category label Code Count Percent REDUCE INDUST UNREST 5 425 26.1 IMPROVE SOCIAL SERVICES 6 139 8.5 INCREASE PRODUCTION 7 469 28.8 IMPROVE WAGES, CONDITS 8 144 8.8 KEEP DOWN COST OF LIVING 9 419 25.7 MISSING 10 34 2.1 ------- ----- Total responses 1630 100.0 8a. On the back of the card are 3 policies to do with Australia's place in the world. If a choice HAD to be made between those 3 policies, which would you like Australia to follow? Continue Join USA Separate No choice Category label Code Count Percent NO CHOICE 0 31 1.9 CONTINUE 1 1354 83.1 JOIN USA 2 140 8.6 SEPARATE 3 105 6.4 ------- ----- Total responses 1630 100.0 8b. Which would be your second choice? Category label Code Count Percent NO CHOICE 0 288 17.7 CONTINUE 4 170 10.4 JOIN USA 5 691 42.4 SEPARATE 6 481 29.5 ------- ----- Total responses 1630 100.0 9a. FAMILY LIFE: When you have meals at home, is grace usually said? Category label Code Count Percent NO 11 1053 64.6 YES 12 558 34.2 MISSING 13 19 1.2 ------- ----- Total responses 1630 100.0 9b. IF "YES" ASK: Who usually says it? Category label Code Count Percent FATHER 5 171 10.5 MOTHER 6 114 7.0 CHILD 7 163 10.0 OTHER PERSON 8 20 1.2 TOGETHER 9 43 2.6 NOT ASKED 10 1072 65.8 MISSING 11 47 2.9 ------- ----- Total responses 1630 100.0 9c. ASK EVERYONE: To help classify answers to this question, would you mind telling me your religion? Category label Code Count Percent ROMAN CATHOLIC 1 307 18.8 CHURCH ENGLAND 2 641 39.3 PRESBYTERIAN 3 195 12.0 METHODIST 4 198 12.1 BAPTIST 5 27 1.7 PROTESTANT 6 75 4.6 OTHER CHRISTIAN 7 100 6.1 NON-CHRISTIAN 8 11 .7 NO RELIGION 9 21 1.3 MISSING 10 55 3.4 ------- ----- Total responses 1630 100.0 10. DEFENDING JAPAN: If the peace treaty with Japan WON'T LET JAPAN RE-ARM - do you think America, England and Aust should, or should not, guarantee to defend Japan? Category label Code Count Percent SHOULD 7 1045 64.1 SHOULD NO 8 376 23.1 NO OPINION 9 202 12.4 MISSING 10 7 .4 ------- ----- Total responses 1630 100.0
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